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Monday, 24 November 2014

Doc has been busy helping me to move the potting benches to the back of the garden. With my broken left wrist still in it's cast for another week I will say that Doc has been doing most of the work. This area which includes part of the Old Chook Run Garden will soon become my "Propagation Area" for the garden. It will include the old Caravan (with power for the heated propagation tray), a Greenhouse, these Shaded Benches (70%shade) for potting on and cuttings and a Shade House with 50% shade. All my small vegetable beds will be on this side of the block for easier access and the other block will be for the Chooks and Fruit trees and shrubs.

Seeds Sown: Root seed sowing time on the Moon planting chart is also time for sowing seeds of perennial plants. A trial sowing of an old seed order from Trees For Life - you can never have too many local Acacias, which are nitrogen fixers, growing in the Orchard.Acacia calamifolia -WallowaAcacia hakeoides - Hakea WattleAcacia ligulata - Umbrella BushAcacia oswaldii - Umbrella WattleAcacia sclerophylla Harde-leaved WattleBlack Oak Casuarina pauper also nitrogen fixingDryland Tea Tree Melaleuca lanceolata not nitrogen fixer but attracts beneficials

Planting Out:Spaghetti SquashChristmas Grape TomatoesPotato Onions that were moved from another bedThe next lot of propagation will be Seeds of Root crops which can be sown on the 11th and 12th of November. When I shall sow some seeds of perennial plants.

For information on what to plant in many regions around the world just visit Gardenate and choose the area where you live from the drop down menu at point 1 on this page.General Seed Raising Here on this link

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I live in a rural township in the dry Mid North of South
Australia on three town blocks giving us a total of half an acre.
We endure extremely hot and dry summers only to be greeted with frosty
mornings during our increasingly dry winter months.
Despite this harsh climate we manage to grow much of our own food.
Water is scarce and many measures are taken to utilise every drop we
have.
Our garden beds are shaded (during summer), heavily mulched, humus rich
and most are now converted to wicking worm beds. With qualifications in both Horticulture and Permaculture I have fun experimenting with different ways to grow our food!